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The Fight to Correct Batman's Legacynew
Batman's true creator never got credit, and now his granddaughter fights to correct history.
Miami New Times |
Kyle Swenson |
01-21-2015 |
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How Listening to Music and Fighting with Susan Sontag Helped Me Cope with Chemonew
A year with stage IV cancer.
The Stranger |
Trisha Ready |
01-21-2015 |
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Good Kids, Bad Citynew
Three men exonerated after 39 years in prison for a Cleveland murder they didn't commit.
Cleveland Scene |
Kyle Swenson |
12-03-2014 |
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Who Shot Chris Heben?new
The strange tale of a former Navy SEAL and the suburban shopping plaza shooting that never happened.
Cleveland Scene |
Doug Brown |
11-20-2014 |
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The Gay Wingnew
In the gay wing of L.A. men's central jail, it's not shanks and muggings but hand-sewn gowns and tears.
L.A. Weekly |
Ani Ucar |
11-19-2014 |
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Shockingly True Tales From the World of Pinball Fanaticismnew
Most people don't know this, but pinball used to be illegal. From the early 1940s until the mid-1970s, the game was banned almost everywhere in this country; South Carolina law still forbids anyone under 18 from playing it.
Charleston City Paper |
Jon Santiago |
11-18-2014 |
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Dan Gilbert, Downtown Detroit's Demigodnew
What kind of track record does Quicken Loans have in Detroit? Does anyone really care?
Metro Times |
Ryan Felton |
11-14-2014 |
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The Silent Epidemic of Campus Rapenew
Thousands of students returned to colleges and universities this fall, and for the women among them they did so facing this very real and disturbing reality: their chances of being raped or sexually assaulted just rose exponentially.
Worcester Magazine |
Walter Bird Jr. |
11-13-2014 |
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Thinking Inside the Boxnew
Linda Jacobs died alone in her apartment in Monterey. Except she wasn't really alone, not in the strictest sense of the word. Nine months later, police still haven't identified the decades-old corpse she kept in a box in her kitchen.
Monterey County Weekly |
Mary Duan |
11-06-2014 |
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A Horseshoe Up My Ass: 24 Hours at Baltimore's Shiny New Casinonew
Since it is open 24 hours, I proposed to The Editors of Baltimore City Paper that I would occupy the new Horseshoe Casino for 24 hours straight as a paying customer.
Baltimore City Paper |
Joe MacLeod |
11-05-2014 |
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Prisoners of Warnew
The war on drugs isn't over. Still in the feds' crosshairs: medical marijuana growers across eastern Washington.
The Inlander |
Heidi Groover |
10-31-2014 |
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The Car Thiefnew
Reynaldo Nazario knew how to do one thing really well: steal cars.
The Village Voice |
Albert Samaha |
10-31-2014 |
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Trouble on the Battleship Iowanew
Who are the officers and head honchos steering the USS Iowa in Southern California?
Random Lengths News |
Terelle Jerricks |
10-29-2014 |
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Jason Molina's Long Dark Bluesnew
The Songs: Ohia and Magnolia Electric Co. front man produced a prodigious catalog of stark and heartbreaking music. Then he disappeared.
Chicago Reader |
Max Blau |
10-03-2014 |
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Robert Roche and the Origins of American Indian Activism in Clevelandnew
"Let me be a free man, free to travel, free to stop, free to work, free to trade where I choose, free to choose my own teachers, free to follow the religion of my fathers, free to talk, think and act for myself — and I will obey every law or submit to the penalty." — Chief Joseph of the Nez Perce, Credo of the American Indian Movement.
Cleveland Scene |
Sam Allard |
10-02-2014 |
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